12:00 noon Weather Report
Date: 08th August, 2021
Forecaster: Thomas Auguste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and slightly hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 24.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 7.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of August so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 30.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 11.2 mm.
Sunset today: 6:29 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 4:26 pm… Low at 9:08 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 5:33 pm… Low at 10:35 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to gusty winds and locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability trailing a tropical wave will continue to cause cloudy conditions, with showers and isolated thunderstorms over our region, during the afternoon and early evening. Conditions are expected to improve overnight.
An area of low pressure located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, is moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Conditions are favourable for some gradual development and this system may become a tropical depression within the next few days. It is forecast to reach the Windward Islands late tomorrow, Monday. Interests around the Eastern Caribbean islands are advised to closely monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a forty (40) per cent chance of developing into tropical cyclone during the next five days.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.